Make a tomato sauce like the directions but don't process it! Come back here to add your meat, vegetables and spices to complete your spaghetti sauce.

Canning spaghetti sauce thick... or thin.

Here is my favorite time saving tip. Click through and see if it is something that you can do too!

If you want thicker sauce, simmer your tomatoes uncovered, in large saucepan, until thick enough for serving. This might a take 20 minutes to a couple hours. Stir frequently to avoid burning. The amount of sauce may be reduced by nearly one-half.

An easy way to do this is to place sauce in a slow cooker and leave the lid off. Let it cook until thickened.

Or bake uncovered in the oven at 350. You will still need to stir often.

Tip-- Optionally, you can just process your sauce as it is now. Skip the cook down time and add your vegetables and other ingredients. Put it in jars and process in a pressure canner.

This will simply give you a thinner sauce. Add a can of tomato paste to thicken the sauce when you prepare your meal. I have done this when I did not want to spend the time to cook down. But it is much nicer if you cook it down now.

Creating your Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Chop the vegetables and brown your meat while you simmer the tomatoes.

Heat all this to a simmer. It does not need to be fully cooked but should be hot going in the jars.

Fill hot jars with your hot spaghetti sauce. Leave a 1 inch head space. Take out the bay leaves at this point. You don't want them going in one jar. The flavor for that jar would be very strong!

Remember to wipe your rims clean before you place on your canning lids. If food is left on the rim of the jar it may interfere with the seal. Add on your screw bands finger tight. Snug but not cranked down!

And remember.... Spaghetti Sauce has vegetables in it so it MUST be pressure canned. (there I said it again)

For more specific details on how to use your pressure canner follow these pressure canning instructions. Then process your jars.

Process

Hot pack pints - process for 60 minutes

Hot pack quarts - process for 70 minutes

Canning Spaghetti Sauce with this recipe is a great way to have a stock of sauce ready for a quick meal.

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